† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLewistownPennsylvaniaUnited States
German27.9%21.6%12.5%
Irish10.9%14.8%9.4%
American10.2%4.4%5.3%
English6.3%8.3%9.5%
Italian2.2%10.6%4.8%
Polish1.6%5.4%2.2%
French1.2%—1.6%
Scottish1.1%1.1%1.3%
Puerto Rican4.5%3.7%1.8%
Mexican1.2%1.4%11.3%
Spanish0.6%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lewistown
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
37
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.6%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.0%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lewistown
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$40,236
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
35.7%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.5%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lewistown
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.8%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
5.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lewistown
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
—
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−28.5%
2008
−19.7%
2012
−33.6%
2016
−40.3%
2020
−38.1%
2024
−36.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
31.0%Harris1,028
67.8%Trump2,252
1.2%
R+36.9
D+1.2
R+35.4
3,321
R
30.2%Biden984
68.3%Trump2,223
1.4%
R+38.1
D+2.2
R+42.5
3,253
R
27.4%Clinton768
67.7%Trump1,898
4.9%
R+40.3
R+6.7
R+42.4
2,802
R
32.6%Obama817
66.2%Romney1,659
1.2%
R+33.6
R+13.9
R+37.4
2,507
R
39.2%Obama1,019
58.9%McCain1,531
2.0%
R+19.7
D+8.8
R+27.0
2,601
R
35.3%Kerry916
63.8%Bush1,656
1.0%
R+28.5
—
R+26.0
2,597
Lewistown sits in the Juniata River valley as the economic and civic hub of Mifflin County, a region that has moved sharply toward Republican margins over the past two decades as manufacturing employment declined.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 40.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.9 points.
A population of 8,479, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $40,236 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Batesville and Waynesboro.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Lewistown, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 36.9 points (R+36.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,321 votes cast, 1,028 went Democratic and 2,252 went Republican.
How many people live in Lewistown, Pennsylvania?
Lewistown, Pennsylvania has a population of 8,479 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lewistown, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Lewistown, Pennsylvania is $40,236 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Lewistown, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lewistown, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
